facility opened on Jan. 9, 2012
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Penn State senior Lauren Reiter studied on Jan. 11 in the new Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons located at Pattee Library on the University Park campus. The Knowledge Commons opened on Jan. 9. Go to live.psu.edu/story/57059#nw13 to learn more.
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Students filled the new Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons on Jan. 11. Located in Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus the Knowledge Commons opened Jan. 9 and is a student-centered space that blends digital and multimedia technologies with traditional library services. Go to live.psu.edu/story/57059 for more information about the Knowledge Commons.
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Jamie Helmich, a Penn State senior majoring in veterinary and biomedical sciences, checked some facts on Jan. 11 at one of the quick access stations available at the new Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons located at Pattee Library on the University Park campus. The Knowledge Commons opened on Jan. 9 and offers a wide-range of services designed to facilitate collaborative learning by blending digital and multimedia technologies with traditional library services. Go to live.psu.edu/story/5709#nw13 to learn more about the new Knowledge Commons at Pattee Library.
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The ITS Service Desk at the newly opened Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Center provides hands-on technical help for all Penn State students, faculty and staff. The Knowledge Commons, opened on Jan. 9 and located in Pattee library on Penn State's University Park campus, is a 24-hour facility featuring multimedia rooms, recording studio areas and more than 50 computer stations and study areas. For more information go to live.psu.edu/story/57059
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The Group Instruction Room at the new Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library provides Penn State students, faculty and staff a group setting to collaborate on interactive and multimedia projects. Go to live.psu.edu/story/57059#nw13 to learn more about the wide-range of services available at the Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons.
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Tauyoi Wilson Maguwah, a Penn State junior majoring in broadcast journalism, reviewed a media project he produced about his native Zimbabwe on Jan.11 at one of 48 multimedia computer stations available at the new Knowledge Commons located in Pattee Library on the University Park campus. The Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons is a collaborative design effort between Penn State's University Libraries and Information Technology Services. The facility officially opened on Jan. 9. Go to live.psu.edu/story/57059 to learn more about the Knowledge Commons.
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Penn State junior Shahid Ibrahim, left, studied on Jan. 11 at one of 48 individual computer workspaces available at the new Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons located in Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus. The Knowledge Commons opened on Jan. 9 and was collaboratively designed by Penn State's University Park Libraries and Information Technology Services. Go to live.psu.edu/story/57059#nw13 to learn more.
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For more information, see http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/admin/studentkc.html or stop by the Knowledge Commons, open 10 a.m. Sunday to midnight Friday and 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday.
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The Knowledge Commons on the first floor of Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus is the hub of activity today (Feb. 1), as almost every workstation is occupied and busy. Tomorrow, on Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from his hole and predict whether these students will be able to get outside to study and enjoy an early spring, or if there are six more weeks of winter in store for them.
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The Knowledge Commons on the first floor of Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus is the hub of activity today (Feb. 1), as almost every workstation is occupied and busy. Tomorrow, on Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from his hole and predict whether these students will be able to get outside to study and enjoy an early spring, or if there are six more weeks of winter in store for them.
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Tauyoi Wilson Maguwah, a Penn State junior majoring in broadcast journalism, reviewed a media project he produced about his native Zimbabwe on Jan.11 at one of 48 multimedia computer stations available at the new Knowledge Commons that opened on Jan. 9 and is located in Pattee Library on the University Park campus. To view more photos of the new Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons, click on the image above.
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The Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library opened Jan. 9.
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Students already are flocking to the comfortable setting of the Reading Room for quiet study or leisure reading. The room is part of the new Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Students study, relax and converse in the partially completed Barbara Hackman Franklin Atrium. The atrium is part of the new Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library. Click on the image above for more photos.
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The Commons Services Desk in the new Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library on Penn State's University Park campus. The desk facilitates lending, course reserves, laptop loans and more.
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Construction on the new Knowledge Commons in Pattee Library and Paterno Library reached a milestone, with the placement of a large steel support beam on the roof of the east entrance lobby.
